First Asian Cup stadium opens

First Asian Cup stadium officially opens

Monday 25th October 2021

China has officially opened its first stadium built for the 2023 Asian Cup. Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium is a new 37,000 capacity venue in the metropolis of Shanghai.

The stadium is one of 10 across the country which will host the Asian equivalent of the European Championship. Another 8 brand new stadiums are under construction, all of which will have a capacity of over 50,000.

China are pinning their hopes on drumming up a lot more public interest in the tournament - the last 3 editions have seen average attendance of just 13,000 (hosted in Qatar in 2011), 22,000 (Australia, 2015) and 13,000 (UAE, 2019).

The tournament gets underway in June 2023.